West Yorkshire Ecology Registry of Deeds Newstead Road Wakefield WF1 2DE Tel/Fax: 01924 306 793 Email: ecology@wyjs.org.uk ECOLOGICAL RECORDS SEARCH FOR DOGLOITCH WOOD, DUNN WOOD AND SOOTHILL BRICK WORKS, CHIDSWELL Ref No:- 20110630 K342 EB Date: 1 st July 2011 Prepared For Jeff Keenlyside Kirklees Council Strategic Investment Service 1st Floor Civic Centre 3 Market Street Huddersfield HD1 2JR West Yorkshire Joint Services are provided by a Joint Committee of the Metropolitan
Table of Contents 1 Introduction...1 2 Species...1 2.1 Sensitive Species Records...7 2.1.1 Badgers...7 3 Habitats...7 3.1 UK Priority Habitats...7 4 Designated sites...8 4.1 Internationally Designated site...8 4.1.1 Special Protection Areas...8 4.1.2 Special Areas of Conservation...8 4.2 Nationally Designated Sites...8 4.2.1 Sites of Special Scientific Interest...8 4.3 Locally Designated Sites...8 4.3.1 Sites of Scientific Interest...8 4.3.2 Local Nature Reserves...8 4.3.3 Leeds Nature Areas...8 4.3.4 Wakefield Nature Areas...8 4.3.5 Kirklees Sites of Wildlife Significance...8 4.3.6 Regionally Important Geological Sites...9 List of Tables Table 1 Species records...1 List of Figures Figure 1 Species and Designated Sites...10 Figure 2 UK Priority Habitats...11 List of Appendices Appendix A Explanation of Species Designations.. i
1 1 Introduction This report provides a summary of the protected and notable species, habitats and designated sites information held by West Yorkshire Ecology (WYE) within 2km of Dogloitch Wood, Dunn Wood and Soothill Brick Works Sites of Wildlife Significance. The information within this report is supplied subject to WYE s Terms and Conditions, which can be viewed on the WYE website (http://www.ecology.wyjs.org.uk). 2 Species West Yorkshire Ecology holds the following records within your defined search area. Table 1 Species records Grid Reference Date Record Type Designations Amphibian Common Toad Bufo bufo SE281223 26/03/1994 field record SE281223 10/07/1999 under debris Sch5_sect9.5b; UKBAP; Sch5_sect9.5b; UKBAP; Common Frog Rana temporaria SE274214 23/03/1995 field record Sch5_sect9.5b; SE274215 25/03/1995 caught Sch5_sect9.5b; SE274215 23/03/1995 field record Sch5_sect9.5b; SE281223 26/03/1994 field record Sch5_sect9.5b; SE286257 08/03/2002 None Sch5_sect9.5b; Bird Goshawk Accipiter gentilis SE291249 1980 field record Sch1_part1 Skylark Alauda arvensis SE291249 1970-1988 field record BoCC:Red; UKBAP; Pintail Anas acuta SE291249 01/09/1987 field record Sch1_part2; BoCC:Amber Shoveler Anas clypeata SE291249 01/09/1985 field record BoCC:Amber Teal Anas crecca SE291249 01/01/1988 field record BoCC:Amber SE291249 1983-1987 field record BoCC:Amber
2 Grid Reference Date Record Type Designations SE291249 01/11/1988 field record BoCC:Amber SE291249 January 1985 - March 1985 field record BoCC:Amber Wigeon Anas penelope SE291249 01/09/1987 field record BoCC:Amber SE291249 01/12/1987 field record BoCC:Amber SE291249 1983-1987 field record BoCC:Amber SE291249 01/01/1987 field record BoCC:Amber SE291249 01/12/1985 field record BoCC:Amber Mallard Anas platyrhynchos SE291249 1983-1987 field record BoCC:Amber SE291249 1987-1988 field record BoCC:Amber Gadwall Anas strepera SE291249 05/02/1985 field record BoCC:Amber Greylag Goose Anser anser SE291249 01/12/1987 field record Sch1_part2; BoCC:Amber SE291249 01/01/1987 field record Sch1_part2; BoCC:Amber Swift Apus apus SE2476023932 2010 field record BoCC:Amber; SE2479523835 2010 field record BoCC:Amber; SE2487923963 2010 field record BoCC:Amber; SE291249 15/08/1985 field record BoCC:Amber; Short-Eared Owl Asio flammeus ; Pochard Aythya ferina SE291249 28/08/1985 field record BoCC:Amber Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula SE291249 1985 field record BoCC:Amber SE291249 1983-1987 field record BoCC:Amber Scaup Aythya marila SE291249 1970-1988 field record SE291249 01/11/1988 field record Sch1_part1; BoCC:Red; UKBAP Sch1_part1; BoCC:Red; UKBAP Brent Goose Branta bernicla SE291249 1988 field record BoCC:Amber Canada Goose Branta canadensis SE291249 June 1985 - August 1985 field record Sch9_part1 SE291249 1987 field record Sch9_part1 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis SE291249 12/11/1985 field record BoCC:Amber
3 Grid Reference Date Record Type Designations Goldeneye Bucephala clangula SE291249 1970-1988 field record Sch1_part2; BoCC:Amber SE291249 January 1987 - March 1987 field record Sch1_part2; BoCC:Amber SE291249 01/04/1987 field record Sch1_part2; BoCC:Amber SE291249 November 1987 - December 1987 field record Sch1_part2; BoCC:Amber SE291249 1983-1987 field record Sch1_part2; BoCC:Amber SE291249 January 1988 - May 1988 field record Sch1_part2; BoCC:Amber Dunlin Calidris alpina SE291249 1970-1988 field record BoCC:Red; SE291249 1988 field record BoCC:Red; Twite Carduelis flavirostris SE291249 01/10/1985 field record BoCC:Red; UKBAP; Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius SE291249 Spring 1985 field record Sch1_part1 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula SE291249 01/08/1988 field record BoCC:Amber Black Tern Chlidonias niger SE291249 03/05/1988 field record Sch1_part1; BoCC:Amber Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus SE291249 04/04/1985 field record BoCC:Red; Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus SE291249 24/10/1985 field record Sch1_part1; BoCC:Amber House Martin Delichon urbica SE291249 16/08/1985 field record BoCC:Amber; Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus SE291249 24/10/1985 field record Merlin Falco columbarius SE291249 1985 field record SE291249 1988 field record BoCC:Amber; UKBAP; Sch1_part1; BoCC:Amber; Sch1_part1; BoCC:Amber; Peregrine Falco peregrinus SE291249 28/08/1985 field record Sch1_part1; Hobby Falco subbuteo SE291249 01/05/1988 field record Sch1_part1 SE291249 1980 field record Sch1_part1 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica SE291249 1979-1981 field record BoCC:Amber; UKBAP
4 Grid Reference Date Record Type Designations Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus Swallow Hirundo rustica SE291249 01/04/1988 field record BoCC:Amber; Herring Gull Larus argentatus SE291249 01/11/1988 field record BoCC:Red; UKBAP SE291249 01/02/1988 field record BoCC:Red; UKBAP SE291249 1987 field record BoCC:Red; UKBAP Common Gull Larus canus SE291249 16/05/1985 field record BoCC:Amber SE291249 1987 field record BoCC:Amber Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus SE291249 17/04/1988 field record BoCC:Amber SE291249 1987 field record BoCC:Amber SE291249 March 1988 - August 1988 field record BoCC:Amber Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides SE291249 01/02/1987 field record BoCC:Amber SE291249 01/12/1987 field record BoCC:Amber SE291249 1988 field record BoCC:Amber SE291249 01/01/1987 field record BoCC:Amber Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus SE291249 1988 field record BoCC:Amber Great Black-Backed Gull Larus marinus SE291249 January 1988 - February 1988 field record BoCC:Amber SE291249 November 1988 - December 1988 field record BoCC:Amber SE291249 01/01/1987 field record BoCC:Amber SE291249 01/11/1987 field record BoCC:Amber Black-Headed Gull Larus ridibundus SE291249 13/01/1985 field record BoCC:Amber SE291249 September 1988 - November 1988 field record BoCC:Amber SE291249 January 1988 - March 1988 field record BoCC:Amber Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus SE291249 01/02/1988 field record BoCC:Amber Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca SE291249 01/12/1988 field record Sch1_part1; BoCC:Amber Common Scoter Melanitta nigra SE291249 1985 field record Sch1_part1; BoCC:Red; UKBAP
5 Grid Reference Date Record Type Designations SE291249 01/11/1985 field record Sch1_part1; BoCC:Red; UKBAP Smew Mergus albellus SE291249 1988 field record BoCC:Amber Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava SE291249 1985 field record Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata SE291249 1970-1988 field record Curlew Numenius arquata SE291249 1987 field record SE291249 01/02/1988 field record BoCC:Red; UKBAP; BoCC:Red; UKBAP; BoCC:Amber; UKBAP; BoCC:Amber; UKBAP; Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis SE291249 28/09/1985 field record Sch9_part1 Osprey Pandion haliaetus SE291249 01/09/1985 field record Sch1_part1; BoCC:Amber Marsh Tit Parus palustris SE291249 1970-1988 field record BoCC:Red; UKBAP Green Woodpecker Picus viridis SE291249 01/10/1987 field record BoCC:Amber Grey Plover SE291249 Pluvialis squatarola September 1988 - field record November 1988 BoCC:Amber Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus SE291249 1988 field record Sch1_part1; BoCC:Amber Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta SE291249 1983 field record Sch1_part1; BoCC:Amber Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus SE291249 1980 field record BoCC:Red; UKBAP Common Tern Sterna hirundo SE291249 1985 field record BoCC:Amber SE291249 22/05/1985 field record BoCC:Amber Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea SE291249 01/05/1987 field record BoCC:Amber SE291249 02/05/1988 field record BoCC:Amber Whitethroat Sylvia communis
6 Grid Reference Date Record Type Designations Shelduck Tadorna tadorna SE291249 1988 field record BoCC:Amber SE291249 01/05/1987 field record BoCC:Amber SE291249 01/07/1987 field record BoCC:Amber Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus SE291249 01/08/1988 field record BoCC:Amber Greenshank Tringa nebularia SE291249 01/04/1988 field record Sch1_part1 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus SE291249 01/05/1988 field record Sch1_part1; BoCC:Amber Redshank Tringa totanus SE291249 01/08/1985 field record BoCC:Amber Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus SE291249 1981 field record BoCC:Red; UKBAP; Terrestrial Mammal Water Vole Arvicola terrestris SE249248 08/05/2009 field record Sch5; UKBAP; SE24962488 15/05/2009 field record Sch5; UKBAP; SE24962488 15/09/2009 field record Sch5; UKBAP; SE2496424840 05/08/2000 field record Sch5; UKBAP; SE2498324736 05/08/2000 field record Sch5; UKBAP; SE2498524683 05/08/2000 field record Sch5; UKBAP; SE25002464 15/09/2009 field record Sch5; UKBAP; SE250244 15/09/2009 field record Sch5; UKBAP; SE250247 08/05/2009 field record Sch5; UKBAP; SE2505324549 05/08/2000 dung/ droppings/ frass/ pellet, etc. Sch5; UKBAP; SE251245 08/05/2009 burrow/ nesthole, occupied Sch5; UKBAP; SE2725 30/09/1995 field record Sch5; UKBAP; SE2731325000 30/09/1995 field record Sch5; UKBAP; SE2924 28/09/1995 field record Sch5; UKBAP; Brown Hare Lepus europaeus SE282234 28/07/1992 field record UKBAP; Noctule Nyctalus noctula SE253255 31/08/2010 field record Sch5; UKBAP; SE253255 25/08/2010 field record Sch5; UKBAP; Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus SE249239 05/08/2005 aural bat detector Sch5; SE253255 25/08/2010 Roost Sch5; SE253255 31/08/2010 Roost Sch5;
7 Grid Reference Date Record Type Designations Pipistrelle Bat species Pipistrellus sp. SE2495825046 30/07/2007 Roost Sch5 SE275248 2005 field record Sch5 SE2806225882 30/03/2004 Roost Sch5 SE2812025990 20/06/2007 Casualty Sch5 SE2819024276 09/07/2007 Roost (excluded) Sch5 Vesper Bat species Vespertilionidae SE2495425047 2007 Roost Sch5 SE25052329 10/09/2006 Injured Sch5 SE25372308 07/06/2003 Injured Sch5 SE270263 1996 field record Sch5 SE2742622017 05/07/2005 Roost Sch5 SE2766325138 22/01/2005 Roost (hibernacula) Sch5 SE2777724475 1998 in building Sch5 SE2806025880 2004 Roost (hibernacula) Sch5 SE2818924275 2007 Roost Sch5 SE2933622569 1997 in building Sch5 SE299228 10/08/2006 in building Sch5 2.1 SENSITIVE SPECIES RECORDS 2.1.1 Badgers There is known badger activity in this area. Badgers are protected under the Protection of Badgers Act 1992 and offences can result from both reckless and deliberate damage, disturbance or destruction. 3 Habitats 3.1 UK PRIORITY HABITATS Natural England (English Nature) creates, maintains and publishes priority habitat inventories across the UK. These have been reproduced on Figure 2 with permission from Natural England. The terms of use for Natural England s Information and Data can be found at the following web site: http://www.naturalengland.org.uk/copyright/. The habitats identified within the search area are wet woodland, ancient and semi-natural woodland and ancient replanted woodland.
8 4 Designated sites 4.1 INTERNATIONALLY DESIGNATED SITE 4.1.1 Special Protection Areas There are no Special Protection Areas within your search area. 4.1.2 Special Areas of Conservation There are no Special Areas of Conservation within your search area. 4.2 NATIONALLY DESIGNATED SITES 4.2.1 Sites of Special Scientific Interest There are no Sites of Special Scientific Interest within the search area. 4.3 LOCALLY DESIGNATED SITES 4.3.1 Sites of Scientific Interest There are no second tier sites (SSI) occurring within the search area. 4.3.2 Local Nature Reserves There are no Local Nature Reserves (LNR) within your search area. 4.3.3 Leeds Nature Areas Leeds Nature Areas (LNA) are sites of local or district-wide importance for the enjoyment, study or conservation of wildlife, geological features and landforms, but there is seldom detailed ecological information on record for them. Sites recorded include: Ardsley Reservoir Haigh Hill Spring Wood Haigh Wood Jude s Pond 4.3.4 Wakefield Nature Areas There are no Wakefield Nature Areas (WNA) within your search area. 4.3.5 Kirklees Sites of Wildlife Significance Kirklees Sites of Wildlife Significance (SWS) are sites of local or district-wide importance for the enjoyment, study or conservation of wildlife, geological features and landforms, but there is seldom detailed ecological information on record for them. Sites recorded include: Dogloitch Wood Dunn Wood
9 Scargill Wood Soothill Brick Works 4.3.6 Regionally Important Geological Sites There are no Regionally Important Geological Sites (RIGS) within your search area.
10 Figure 1 Species and Designated Sites
426000 427000 428000 429000 Legend 428000 430000 Species Search Radius of Dogloitch Wood, 2km Dunn Wood & Soothill Brick Works District Boundary Amphibian Bird Terrestrial mammal 428000 425000 Kirklees - Site of Wildlife Significance 427000 425000 Soothill Soothill Brick Brick Works Works Haigh Haigh Wood Wood Ardsley Ardsley Reservoir Reservoir Scargill Scargill Wood Wood 424000 424000 Judes Judes Pond Pond Dunn Dunn Wood Wood Haigh Haigh Hill Hill Spring Spring Wood Wood Dogloitch Dogloitch Wood Wood 423000 423000 426000 425000 426000 427000 Leeds Nature Area 422000 422000 421000 421000 425000 426000 Unauthorised reproduction infringes Crown copyright. No further copies may be made. Reproduced from the Ordnance Survey digital mapping with the permission of Ordnance Survey on behalf of Her Majesty's Stationery Office. (c) Crown copyright. 427000 428000 429000 430000 FIGURE 1: SPECIES & DESIGNATED SITES Scale 1: 35000 At Size A4 metres 0 500 1000 Registry of Deeds, Newstead Road, Wakefield, WF1 2DE Page: 10 Ph/Fax: 01924 306 793 Email: ecology@wyjs.org.uk Licence No LA 076406, WYE
11 Figure 2 UK Priority Habitats
425000 426000 427000 428000 430000 Habitats 2km Radius Search Area *Wet woodland Dogloitch Wood, Dunn Wood & Soothill Brick Works *Ancient & semi-natural woodland *Ancient replanted woodland District Boundary 428000 428000 Legend 429000 427000 426000 425000 425000 426000 427000 * Natural England [2011], reproduced with the permission of Natural England. 422000 421000 421000 422000 423000 Dogloitch Dogloitch Wood Wood 423000 Dunn Dunn Wood Wood 424000 424000 Soothill Soothill Brick Brick Works Works 425000 426000 Unauthorised reproduction infringes Crown copyright. No further copies may be made. Reproduced from the Ordnance Survey digital mapping with the permission of Ordnance Survey on behalf of Her Majesty's Stationery Office. (c) Crown copyright. 427000 428000 429000 430000 FIGURE 2: UK PRIORITY HABITATS Scale 1: 35000 At Size A4 metres 0 500 1000 Registry of Deeds, Newstead Road, Wakefield, WF1 2DE Page: 11 Ph/Fax: 01924 306 793 Email: ecology@wyjs.org.uk Licence No LA 076406, WYE
i Appendix A. Explanation of Species Designations Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 main designations cited Abbreviation Full Name Description Sch1_part1 Schedule 1, Part 1 Sch1_part2 Schedule 1, Part 2 Birds which are protected by special penalties at all times Birds which are protected by special penalties during the close season Sch5 Schedule 5 Animals which are protected Sch5_sect9.1 Schedule 5, Section 9(1) Sch5_sect9.5 Schedule 5, Section 9(5) Animals which are protected from killing and/or taking Animals which are protected from sale Sch8 Schedule 8 Plants which are fully protected Sch8_sect Schedule 8, Plants which are 13.2 Sections protected from (sale only) 13(2a+2b) sale only Sch9_part1 Schedule 9, Part 1 Sch9_part2 Schedule 9, Part 2 Animals which are established in the wild. Plants which are established in the wild. Offences include, but not limited to disturb any specially protected bird while it is building its nest; disturb any specially protected bird while it is near a nest containing eggs or young; or disturb the young of any of these birds before they are wholly independent. intentional or reckless killing, injuring, taking; damage to, destruction of, obstruction of access to any structure or place used by a scheduled animal for shelter or protection; and disturbance of animal occupying such a structure or place. intentional killing, injuring and/or taking NB: certain species are only partly protected by this section. Check primary legislation for details. selling, offering for sale, possessing or transporting for the purpose of sale (live or dead animal, part or derivative); and advertising for buying or selling such things pick, uproot, trade in, or possess (for the purposes of trade). selling, offering for sale, possessing or transporting for the purpose of sale, any plant (live or dead, part or derivative) + advertising for buying or selling such things the release of animals and planting of plants listed in Schedule 9. the above offences can be made legal through the granting of licences by the appropriate authorities. NB: Tyto alba refers to captive bred only. Biodiversity Action Plans Abbreviation UKBAP Bradford BAP Calderdale BAP Kirklees BAP Leeds BAP Wakefield BAP Full Name UK Biodiversity Action Plan West Yorkshire Priority Species List Bradford Biodiversity Action Plan Calderdale Biodiversity Action Plan Kirklees Biodiversity Action Plan Leeds Biodiversity Action Plan Wakefield Biodiversity Action Plan Birds of Conservation Concern (BOCC) 2009 List Red Amber Description High conservation concern Medium conservation concern
ii Red Data Book Categories (Based on ICUN Guidelines) Abbreviation EX EW CR VU NT LC DD NE Full Name Extinct Extinct in the Wild Critically Endangered Vulnerable Near Threatened Least Concern Data Deficient Not Evaluated Nationally Notable Invertebrates: Abbreviation Full Name Description NR Nationally Rare found in 15 or fewer hectads Notable or NS Nationally Notable or found in between 16 and 100 hectads Nationally Scarce Notable A Nationally Notable A found in 16 to 30 hectads Notable B Nationally Notable B found in between 31 and 100 hectads References Biodiversity Reporting and Information Group, (2007) Report on the Species and Habitat Review, UK Biodiversity Partnership. http://www.ukbap.org.uk/. Bratton, J.H. (ed), (1991) British Red Data Books: 3. Invertebrates other than insects. JNCC, Peterborough. BTO, et al (2009) The Birds of Conservation Concern 3. British Trust for Ornithology. http://www.bto.org/psob/index.htm. Calderdale Biodiversity Action Plan Technical Group (2008) Calderdale Local Biodiversity Plan: Review of Species and habitats, Calderdale Biodiversity Action Plan Technical Group, Calderdale. Cheffings, C. and Farrell, L. (Editors), (2005) The Vascular Plant Red Data List for Great Britain, ISSN 1473-0154. City of Bradford MDC, (2003), A Local Biodiversity Action Plan for the Bradford District (Draft), City of Bradford MDC, Bradford. IUCN, (2004) Guidelines for using the IUCN. Red List categories and criteria. IUCN,. Gland and Cambridge J. C. Lavin & G.T.D. Wilmore (1994), The West Yorkshire Plant Atlas, City of Bradford Metropolitan Council, Bradford. Kirklees Metropolitan Council (2008) Kirklees Biodiversity Action Plan, Kirklees Metropolitan Council, Kirklees. Leeds BAP Steering Group, (2000) Biodiversity Action Plan For Leeds, Leeds City Council, Leeds. Shirt, D. B. (Ed.), (1987) British Red Data Books : 2 : Insects. Peterborough: NCC. Wakefield Biodiversity Group, (2001) Wakefield District Local Biodiversity Report, Wakefield. Wakefield MDC, West Yorkshire Biodiversity Action Partnership (2009), West Yorkshire Priority Species List, West Yorkshire Ecology, Wakefield.